"It was the same in our group, the doctors took the initiative and they worked together really well, and the first three times I was wondering 'what am I doing here actually?' … But you gradually saw a change, a trust and you were able to make your points".
But McNamara gradually saw how the Vietcong adapted and innovated to offset any US gains.
Armitstead was part of a breakaway midway through the 112km stage which gradually saw a group of 14 riders whittled down to four approaching the finish.
Male consumers gradually saw how much quicker it was to glance at their wrists, rather than reach into their pockets, to check the time.
Their support ebbed, however, once they won office, as voters gradually saw them as authoritarian, secretive and divisive, and perceived their religious project as a threat to the nature of the Egyptian state.
"You gradually saw the grass and plants grow taller than sections of the stands.
As the couple's separate lives diverged, the two gradually saw each other less.
Ken moved in with him and Albert gradually saw Ken as "the son he never had".
But as the likes of Robert Oppenheimer pried apart the nuclear world, they gradually saw routes by which the universe could indeed produce these strange things.
Best-selling author Stephen King approaches writer's block with this theory, "I gradually realize that I am seeing another example of creative ebb... .. Creativity ebbs and flows and when your creative juices begin to ebb, the best thing you can do is to step back from your writing project.
